Casing for vending-machines.



PATENTED OCT. 25, 1904:.

W, HORGHELER 6: C. V. CASE.

CASING FOR VENDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26v 1904.

N0 MODEL.

WITNEEEEE:

Patented October 25 1904.

ATENT FFICE.

IVILLIAM HORCHELER AND CHARLES V. CASE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW

YORK, ASSIGNORS TO CASE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF

CASING FOR VENDING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,288, dated October25, 1904.-

A plication filed February 26, 1904. Serial No, 195,494. (No model.)

To (all 1117mm it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM HOROHELER and CHARLEs V. CASE, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Rochester, in the county of Mon roeand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Casings for Vending-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates particularly to casings for vending-machines, butis equally ap plicable to other receptacles when it is desirable to havea removable panel therein that cannot be pried open when locked inplace.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a casing for agum-vending machine in which our inventions are embodied. Fig. 2 is asection on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

The box is preferably made of sheet metal, although it may be made ofany other material that is strong enough and rigid enough for a casingof this kind.

In the drawings, 1 represents the back of the casing, and 2 and 3 thesides. The back and sides are suitably attached to the bottom 4: of thereceptacle. The bottom 4 has a projecting ledge 5, along whose edgethere is a flange 6, that extends around the front corners of thereceptacle, as represented at7 and S in Fig. 3. I

The front panel 9 is removable. Its side edges have flanges 10 and 11,which when this panel is in place, as seen in Fig. 3, receive the frontedges 12 and 13 of the sides 2 and 3, respectively, so that they cannotbe reached by a knife or other tool for the purpose of prying the partsapart. The front panel 9 is fastened to the casing at its upper andlower ends. At its lower end the panel is so fastened to the casing thatit must be raised before it can be disengaged therefrom. This is done bythe feet 14: and 15, which are attached to the removable front panel 9,one at each side of it, and which are adapted to enter and projectthrough perforations 16 and 17, respectively, in the ledge 5 on thebottom plate 4, as represented in the drawings.

The top 18 of the casing is rigidly attached to its back and sides. Anin wardly-extending piece 19 is either attached to the front edge 20 atthe top of the casing or is formed integrally therewith. A plate isfastened to the casing so that it lies above the piece 19 and preventssaid piece frombeing bent up to release it from the lock and hooks onone or the other of these parts to engage the removable panel when inplace, so that all of these parts are held together closely andprevented from being pried apart.

In the drawings a horizontal cross-plate 21 is shown, which is attachedat its ends, respectively, to the sides 2 and 3 of the casing, as at 22,and which lie close above the piece 19, that projects inwardly from thefixed top of the casing. Hooks 23 on the inner edge of the cross-plate21 come beneath the inwardly turned edge 24 of the removable panel 9when the latter is in place. (See Fig. 2.)

The removable panel 9 carries at its upper end a lock 25, which isoperated by a key inserted through the keyhole, (shown at 26 in Fig. 1.)The bolt 27 of the lock is adapted to pass through slots in theinwardly-turned edge 24 of the removable panel, the inwardlyprojectingpiece 19 at the top, and the crossplate 21, respectively. I/Vhen thefeet 14: and 15 have been inserted in the perforations 16 and 17,respectively, in the projecting ledge 5 and the bolt 27 has been shotthrough the pieces 24:, 19, and 21, the front panel is firmly looked inplace and in such a way that it cannot be pried or forced off from thecase.

l/Ve have already called attention to the fact that a knife or othertool cannot be inserted between the front-panel and the edges of thesides 2 and 3 of the case, and it is also impossible to get a toolbeneath the bottom of the removable panel in such a way as to force thepanel outwardly, because of the projecting ledge 5 and its flange 6; buteven if that could be done the feet 1 1 and 15 would 7 hold the panelfast, so that it could not be pried out. The upper end of the panelcannot be sprung free by prying up the inwardlyprojecting part 19 of thetop of the casing until it shall be disengaged from the bolt 27, becausethe part 19 is braced by the transverse plate 21, and theinwardly-turned edge 24 of the panel cannot be bent down. becausesupported by the hooks on the plate 21. The engagement of the flangesand 11 at the side edges of the removable panel with the sides 2 and 3of the casing renders it impossible to break the panel, and the flangeon the ledge 5 at the corners '7 and 8 in turn shields these flanges 10and 11, so that they cannot be bent outwardly to expose the edges of thesides of the casing.

hat we claim is 1. A gum-vending casing having a removable panel; thecombination of a catch at one end of the removable panel adapted to soengage one of the walls of the casing that it can only be disengagedtherefrom by raising said panel; a lock at the opposite end of saidpanel adapted to engage a fixed part of the casing; a fixed plate abovethe part of the casing engaged by the lock; and means adapted to engagethe panel to support it at the end opposite the catch.

2. A gum-vending casing having a removable panel; the combination of acatch at one end of the removable panel adapted to so ongage one of thewalls of the casing that it can only be disengaged therefrom by raisingsaid panel, a lock at the opposite end of said panel adapted to engage afixed part of the casing; a fixed plate above the part of the casingengaged by the lock; and a hook upon a fixed part of the casing adaptedto engage the removable panel at the end opposite the catch.

3. In a gum-vending casing a removable panel having flanges adapted toengage the sides of said casing; the combination of a catch at one endof the removable panel adapted to so engage one of the walls of thecasing that it can only be disengaged therefrom by raising said panel; alock at the opposite end of the casing and a fixed plate above the partof the casing engaged by the lock.

4. In a gum-vending casing, the combination of a removable panel havingflanges adapted to engage the sides of said casing; a catch at one endof the removablepanel adapted to so engage one of the walls of thecasing that it can only be disengaged therefrom by raising said panel; alock at the opposite end of said panel adaptet'l to engage a fixed partof the casing; and a flange at one end of the casing adapted to receivethe flanges on the removable panel and to prevent them from beingextended.

5. In a gum-vending casing, the combination of a removable panel havingan inwardlyturned end adapted to receive the bolt of a lock; a catch atthe opposite end of said panel adapted to so engage one of the walls ofthe casing that it can only be disengaged therefrom by raising saidpanel; a fixed plate above the inwardly'turned end of the panel; and alock having a bolt adapted to pass through the inwardly-turned end ofthe panel and to engage the fixed plate.

6. In a gum-vending casing the combination of the removable panel 9having at the lower end the feet 14 and the ledge 5 on the bottom wallof the casing, perforations 16 and 17, adapted to receive the feet 14and 15, respectively, the inwardly-projecting piece 19, attached to afixed part of the casing; the brace 21, attached to the casing; and thelock 25, at the upper end of the removable panel, whose bolt 27 isadapted to engage the piece 19 and brace 21.

7. In a gum-vending casing, the combination of the removable panel 9,having the flanges 10 and 11 alongits sides adapted to receive the edgesof the sides of the casing, and at the lower end the feet 14 and 15; theledge on the bottom wall of the casing, having the perforations 16 and17, adapted to receive the feet 14 and 15, respectively; theinwardlyprojccting piece 19, attached to a fixed part of the casing;and. the lock at the upper end of the removable panel, whose bolt 27 isadapted to engage the piece 19 and brace 21.

8. In a gum-vending casing, the combination of the removable panel 9,having an inwardly-turned end 24, and at the lower end the feet 14 and15; the ledge 5 on the bottom piece of the casing, having theperforations 16 and 17, adapted to receive the feet 14 and 15,respectively; the inwardly projecting piece 19, attached to a fixed partof the casing; the brace 21, attached to the casing; and a lock 25, atthe upper end of the removable panel, whose bolt 27 is adapted to passthrough the end 24 of the panel and engage the piece 19 and brace 21.

9. In a gum-vending casing the combination of the removable panel 9,having the flanges 10 and 11 along its sides adapted, respecsaid paneladapted to engage a fixed part of i tively, to receive the edges of thesides of the casing; and having at its lower end the flanges 10 and 11;the ledge 5 at the bottom wall of the casing, having the perforations 16and 17, adapted to receive the feet 14and 15, respectively, and havingthe flanges 7 and 8, respectively, adapted to inclose the lower ends ofthe flanges 10 and 11, respectively; the inwardly-projectin g piece 19,attached to a fixed part of the casing; the brace 21 attached to thecasing; and the lock 25 at the upper end of the removable panel, whosebolt 27 is adapted to engage the piece 19 and brace 21.

WILLIAM HORCHELER. CHAS. V. CASE.

WVitnesses:

D. GURNEE, L. THoN.

